Izmail State University of Humanities

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE
IZMAIL STATE UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITIES (Izmail, Ukraine)
CAHUL STATE UNIVERSITY “BOGDAN PETRICEICU HASDEU” (Cahul, Moldova)
“DUNAREA DE JOS” UNIVERSITY OF GALATI (Galati, Romania)
INFORMATIVE LETTER OF INVITATION

Dear colleagues!

We invite you to participate in The International scientific and practical conference VIII DANUBE SCIENTIFIC READINGS
«Economy, science and education in conditions of cross-border cooperation», dedicated to the 11th anniversary of the adoption of the Danube Strategy (EU Strategy for the Danube Region) which will take place on December 8, 2022 at Izmail State University of Humanities

The purpose of the conference: implementation of a comprehensive scientific discussion of the current state of research in the field of economics, science and education in the conditions of cross-border cooperation; providing a platform for the free exchange of opinions and research results on solving the problems of the development of the Danube macro-region.

“Good morning/afternoon, my name is Tetiana Stanieva. I’m from Ukraine. And it seems to me that today this is enough to understand who I am and what I feel at the moment. For now, this is more important than any of my other titles and achievements.

I didn’t plan to but before I start talking about my region, its pain, and its specifics and briefly describe the projects we are implementing there, I would like to talk to you seriously.

I will not repeat the news, but right now Putin did his next crime trying to annex our boarding region and this morning my friend died, he was a teacher, who went to the front line to defend his land. Yesterday in Dnipro region the Russian bomb killed one family, that moved from the town to the village hoping it is more safety there. And they all died except there dog which was looking for its owner on ruin of there houses. So we see there is no safety places in Ukraine. And yesterday they bombed humanitarian convoy, 28 people died, more than 50 are in the hospital. Just imagine, the same amount as we are here. And there are thousands of such stories. I want to honor the memory of all innocent Ukrainians with a moment of silence.

Sines the February 24, the heartbeat of my country stopped as Russia started dirty and unwarranted aggression.

On December 9, 2019 the Grant contract of the project was signed between the Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration of Romania and Luncavita Village as the Lead Beneficiary.

The project’s overall objective is to improve accessibility and employability in the labor market of 360 students and high school students from Romania and Ukraine, by developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a modern labor market, flexible and dynamic through inter-institutional collaboration in education across borders.

The main activities of the project were the following: the creation of online platform e-CPO (for counselling and professional orientation) (https://www.e-cpo.com), Fe-Ro-Ua platform – for creation of virtual enterprises (https://cbc-feroua.com), production and distribution of promotional materials, organization of launching and final conferences, organization of 10 information seminars and 20 seminars on the “implementation of the innovative learning method – the practice firm and Promotion education and health campaign”, conduction of training courses, experience exchanges, as well as Practice Firms Fairs, etc for students and high school students in Odesa region and Tulcea County, etc.

During the project implementation, activities with the involvement of stakeholders were actively implemented. This project provided an opportunity to establish fruitful and close cooperation not only at the level of project partnership, but also at the institutional level between educational institutions of Odesa region and Tulcea County.

This publication/material has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Izmail State University of Humanities and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or of the Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine 2014-2020 management structures.

On the night of July 29, on the territory of former penal colony No. 120, in Olenivka, in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, an explosion occurred, destroying the building in which Ukrainian prisoners of war were kept. According to the Russians, more than 50 Ukrainian defenders were killed, the number of wounded is unknown. According to the comments of the Russian side, not a single employee of the colony, “DPR” fighter or Russian military man who was guarding the premises was injured in the explosion. Immediately after the explosion, Russia accused Ukraine of shelling the penal colony with U.S. weapons and killing Ukrainian soldiers. In this regard, we declare the following:

1. The committed explosion is a cynical terrorist act of the Russian Federation, a military provocation and a typical false flag operation, the . purpose of which is to cover up war crimes, discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine, disrupt the supply of Western weapons and increase social tension in Ukrainian society.

2. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attack only Russian military facilities: warehouses with fuel, weapons and ammunition, command posts, and military infrastructure facilities. The Ukrainian army has enough means to identify targets, including space reconnaissance systems. Ukraine did not fire rockets and artillery at the village of Olenivka.

From the first days of the war, the administration of the Izmail State University of Humanities (ISUH) organized the work of the South Ukrainian Humanitarian Hub, which operates on the basis of our two dormitories.

The unique geographical location of Izmail and the safe situation contribute to the systematic provision of the necessary consulting and humanitarian support for potential refugees from Ukraine who transit to Moldova and Romania. We organized the provision of free accommodation, food and psychological, social, legal support for temporarily displaced persons as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

They are residents of the Kyiv region, Lisichansk, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Stakhanov, Kharkiv, Kherson. We also have an opportunity to travel to the areas of active military actions to evacuate most vulnerable civilians to Izmail and host them in ISUH’s two dormitories. Thus, during last months, we hosted 498 refugees (mostly single mothers with children including orphans whose parents had their paternal right revoked) in ISUH’s two dormitories. We expect many more refugees to flee to Izmail who would need our free help and accommodation as the military actions in south Ukraine have now intensified.

Youth Public Organization “New European Generation” (Ukraine) in partnership with Izmail State University of Humanities (Ukraine), Tulcea County Agency for Employment (Romania) and Patronage of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises of Tulcea County (Romania), implements the project “CBC-DEBUS-Innovative Development of Entrepreneurial education and stimulation of new Business in cross-border region” EMS ENI code – 2SOFT/1.1/128, founded by the European Union through Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine 2014-2020.

The total budget of the project is 331,137.80 EUR (approx. 9 958 267 UAH), of which the European Union contribution is 90%, respectively 298,024.01 EUR (approx. 8 962 440 UAH).

“CBC-DEBUS-Innovative Development of Entrepreneurial education and stimulation of new Business in cross-border region” project overall objective is to improve the quality and access to entrepreneurial education through the development and implementation of 1 innovative program for training entrepreneurial skills, in order to support development of at least 75 business plans, within 12 months, with the purpose of creating new businesses and jobs in the near future. The project “CBC-DEBUS-Innovative Development of Entrepreneurial education and stimulation of new Business in cross-border region” will be implemented in the period 24 March 2020 – 23 March 2021.

The Launching Conference of the project will be organized on July 30, 2020 at 10:00 o’clock at outdoor patio of the restaurant “Avenue 25”, located at 25, Myru ave., Izmail city, Ukraine.

On December 9^th, 2019, the Municipal Council of Lunkavita, together with the Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration of Romania, signed a Grant Contract of the CBC – Practice Firms – Innovative Methodology for Professional Training and Educational Cooperation at the Bilateral Level Romania-Ukraine funded by the European Union in the framework of the Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine 2014-2020.

The Lead partner of the project is Lunkavita village, the partners are Izmail State University of Humanities, “Sf.Luca” postliceal sanitary school Tulcea and  Youth Public Organization “New European Generation”.

The project was developed within the priority of the Programme “Institutional cooperation in the educational field for increasing access to education and quality of education”. The general objective of the project is improving accessibility and employability in the labor market of 360 students and high school students from Romania and Ukraine, by developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a modern labor market, flexible and dynamic through inter-institutional collaboration in education across borders.

Admission to ISUH at all educational levels is carried out on a competitive basis, regardless of the sources of funding for training on the basis of the Rules of admission to ISUH in compliance with the Conditions of admission to higher education institutions of Ukraine, approved by the orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

The organization of applicants’ admission to the institution of higher education is carried out by the Admission Committee of ISUH. All issues related to admission to higher education institutions are resolved by the Admission Committee at the meetings of the Admission Committee. The decisions of the Admission Committee are published on the official website of ISUH.

All persons receiving higher education at ISUH have equal rights and obligations.

ISUH is an educational institution with the state language of instruction. All entrance tests and competitive selections, except a foreign language test, are carried out in Ukrainian.

At the university, the training of specialists is carried out according to the relevant educational and professional, educational and scientific programs at the levels of higher education, which include the award of a corresponding degree of higher education:

• Junior Bachelor
• the first (bachelor level) – Bachelor;
• the second (master  level) – Master;
• the third (educational and scientific level) – Doctor of Philosophy.

A Junior Bachelor is a vocational degree obtained at the initial level (short cycle) of higher education and awarded by the University upon a degree-seeking student’s successful completion of a vocational program of study comprised of 120-150 ECTS credits.

The workload of a vocational program of study for obtaining  a junior bachelor degree on the basis of a junior specialist degree is 90 credits.

The educational process schedule determines the calendar terms of terms, academic weeks, weeks of independent work, weeks of practical training, examination sessions, vacations for each academic year by a certain educational program, as well as preparation of qualification works and final certification of degree-seeking students.

The educational process schedule at the University for various forms of training, terms of training and educational training programs is annually developed by the curriculum and instruction department of the University and is approved by the academic council of the University, proceeding from the following positions